A Short History of Indian Railways

By Rajendra B. Aklekar

Book Overview

His stories instruct and entertain, bringing the past of Indian Railways alive in the present. Did you know that India's first steam engine never ran on tracks and was actually used to run driving mills in a factory? That the maximum speed of the first commercial train in India was 4.5 miles/hour? That the country's first-ever steamocomotive could never be introduced commercially since it was destroyed in a factory blast? That theocomotive engine for the maiden rail run between Bombay and Thane was pulled by 200 coolies on streets? That there actually was a plan to build a rail network from the English Channel all the way to the river Indus? This is a people's history of Indian Railways. Anecdotes and stories are curated from the time the first wagon rolled in India, up to the advent of bullet trains.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353332877
• ISBN13: 9789353332877
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Rupa Publications India
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"